DALLAS (FWAA) – Six Football Writers Association of
America All-Americans are among 62 players selected to the
2009 Bronko Nagurski Watch List, announced today by the FWAA
and the Charlotte Touchdown Club. Included on the list are
two past finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, TCU end Jerry
Hughes and South Florida end George Selvie.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded annually to the
nation's best defensive player by the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown
Club. The trophy has been presented since 1993 and is awarded in
memory of the legendary Nagurski, an All-America lineman at Minnesota
in 1927-29 and a star for professional football's Chicago Bears
in the 1930s.

Besides Hughes, a 2008 All-American, and Selvie, a 2007 All-American,
other FWAA All-Americans from last season on the 2009 Watch List
are Tennessee defensive back Eric Berry Alabama tackle Terrence
Cody, USC defensive back Taylor Mays and Florida linebacker Brandon
Spikes.

The Bronko Nagurski Watch List is fluid. Players may be added
or removed during the season. After the first four games of the
season, the FWAA will revise the list and at that time school sports
information directors may submit names for players not on the list
to the FWAA and their conference's FWAA All-America Committee representative.

Each week during the 2009 season, the FWAA will choose a Bronko
Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week. If the selected
player is not on the watch list, he automatically will be added.
The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists
for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on November 18 or 19.

The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet will be on Dec. 7 at
the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Besides the 2009 winner being
announced, the banquet will also celebrate the winner of the
Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, presented by CSX Intermodal.
Defensive back Roger Wehrli, a standout for the University of Missouri
and the St. Louis Cardinals, is being honored from the FWAA's 1968
All-American team.

2009 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST

Javier
Arenas, DB, Alabama

Koa Misi,
DE, Utah

Geno Atkins,
DT, Georgia

Jerome
Murphy, CB, USF

Kevin
Basped, DE, Nevada

Andre
Neblett, NT, Temple

Jeremy
Beal, DE, Oklahoma

Eric Norwood,
LB, South Carolina

Eric Berry,
DB, Tennessee

Jared
Odrick, DT, Penn State

Navorro
Bowman, LB, Penn State

Vince
Oghobaase, DT, Duke

Morgan
Burnett, DB, Georgia Tech

Jeff Owens,
DT, Georgia

Kam Chancellor,
DB, Virginia Tech

Stephen
Paea, DT, Oregon State

Barry
Church, DB, Toledo

Joe Pawelek,
LB, Baylor

Terrence
Cody, DT, Alabama

Brian
Price, DT, UCLA

Kurt Coleman,
DB, Ohio State

Boo Robinson,
NG, Wake Forest

Antonio
Coleman, DE, Auburn

George
Selvie, DE, USF

Rennie
Curran, LB, Georgia

Malcolm
Sheppard, DT, Arkansas

Ras-I
Dowling, CB, Virginia

D'Anthony
Smith, DT, Louisiana Tech

Carlos
Dunlap, DE, Florida

Brandon
Spikes, LB, Florida

Brandon
Graham, DE, Michigan

Darrell
Stuckey, DB, Kansas

Joe Haden,
DB, Florida

Quan Sturdivant,
LB, North Carolina

Greg Hardy,
DE, Ole Miss

Ndamukong
Suh, DT, Nebraska

Jerry
Hughes, DE, TCU

Syd'Quan
Thompson, DB, California

Micah
Johnson, LB, Kentucky

Walter
Thurmond III, DB, Oregon

Greg Jones,
LB, Michigan State

Torrell
Troup, DT, UCF

Arthur
Jones, DT, Syracuse

Alterraun
Verner, DB, UCLA

Sergio
Kindle, LB, Texas

T.J. Ward,
DB, Oregon

Brandon
Lang, DE, Troy

Daryl
Washington, LB, TCU

Sean Lee,
LB, Penn State

Sean Weatherspoon,
LB, Missouri

Mark LeGree,
DB, Appalachian State

Deunta
Williams, FS, North Carolina

Myron
Lewis, CB, Vanderbilt

Kyle Wilson,
CB, Boise State

Trevard
Lindley, DB, Kentucky

C.J. Wilson,
DE, East Carolina

Taylor
Mays, DB, USC

Corey
Wootton, DE, Northwestern

Rolondo
McClain, LB, Alabama

Alex Wujciak,
LB, Maryland

Gerald
McCoy, DT, Oklahoma

Willie
Young, DE, N.C. State

Players
may be added or deleted from the list before or during the
season

The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization
founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,100 men and women who cover college football
for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists,
as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works
to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America
team. For more information about the FWAA and its award programs, contact Steve
Richardson at tiger@fwaa.com or 972-713-6198.

The Charlotte Touchdown Club is a non-profit organization
founded in 1990 for the purpose of promoting high school, collegiate,
and professional football in the Charlotte, N.C. region. The club's
activities and services focus community attention on the outstanding
citizenship, scholarship, sportsmanship, and leadership of area
athletes and coaches. For more information, contact John Rocco
(704-347-2918 or jrocco@touchdownclub.com).
The official website of the Charlotte Touchdown Club is www.touchdownclub.com.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is a member of the National
College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded
in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to
protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige
of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism
and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards
and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information,
visit the association's official website,
ncfaa.org.